N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2987: Lobbying contacts

§ 2987. Lobbying contacts. 1. Definitions. As used in this title:

a. "lobbyist" shall have the same meaning as defined in section one-c

of the legislative law.

b. "lobbying" shall mean and include any attempt to influence:

(i) the adoption or rejection of any rule or regulation having the

force and effect of law by a public authority, and

(ii) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a public authority.

c. "contact" shall mean any conversation, in person or by telephonic

or other remote means, or correspondence between any lobbyist engaged in

the act of lobbying and any person within a state authority who can make

or influence a decision on the subject of the lobbying on behalf of the

authority, and shall include, at a minimum, all members of the governing

board and all officers of the state authority.

2. Every state authority shall maintain a record of all lobbying

contacts made with such authority.

3. Every member, officer or employee of a state authority who is

contacted by a lobbyist shall make a contemporaneous record of such

contact containing the day and time of the contact, the identity of the

lobbyist and a general summary of the substance of the contact.

4. Each state authority shall adopt a policy implementing the

requirements of this section. Such policy shall appoint an officer to

whom all such records shall be delivered. Such officer shall maintain

such records for not less than seven years in a filing system designed

to organize such records in a manner so as to make such records useful

to determine whether the decisions of the authority were influenced by

lobbying contacts.